Hair-waving device



C. C. BRADBURY mun WAVING DEVICE May 18,1926. I 1,584,974

Filed May 12, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet. 1

-May 18 ,'l 926.

' C- C. BRADBURY HAIR WAVING DEVICE 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed May ir wwwn h Patented May 18, 1926.

nnrrso STATES PATENT OFFICE.

cmrrozen e. BRADBURY, or stances, rumors, assIeNonre more ov COULTER.

HAIR-WAVING- DEVICE.

Application filed May 12, 1924. Serial No. 712,612.

My im'entiolii relates to hair waving deirices, and more particularly to hair marceiling irons, the chiei object of my ilnvention being; the provision ot' a hair Waving device tti'i Ol'tflll'lg agreater convenience in operation and minimizing the amount oi. skill and experience necessary to secure factory results in hair waving and marcel ling.

In that type of marcelling iron comprising a comb member, a heated core member, and a clamping member, now in use (such, for instance, that shown in Patent No. 888,861, issued May 26, 1908 to Valentin l l es) the core member is reciprocated back- Wardly and then forwardly inrelation to the comb member by manually operated means independently oi the handles employed to actuate the clamping; member. One inconvenience attendant upon the use ctr-such a device has been that the operator must manually move the core member in one direction to draw out the hair loops for the :tormationot one wave, and upon moving the iron intofposition for the succeeding wave must move the core member backwardly to draw out the succeeding loop in the opposite direction whereby the, hairs are given the characteristic S-shaped Marcel waves. 'lhisis especially confusing in the instances where the operator is marcelling her own hair and pertoming theworkbelore a mirror. U

Ono object of my invention, therefore, is the provision of a marcelling ironhwherein the reciprocating member is automatically moved tliorwardlyand lmckwardly in altermating the waves, making it unnecessarytor the operator to determine in which direction the reciprocating element is to be moved next.

it further object of the invention is the provision. of means whereby the distance of reciprocaliou may be adjusted to ')roduce a long or a short .lVlurcelwave as desired.

l.lhe:-je and Further objects and features ol my iiwention are forth in detail in the following; description of a specific embodimcnt lt hercot and in the accompanying d in i ugs, whereinlligure l is a view in perspective of the hair waving; device, the recipro ating element beingshown in its ili orward position i ll clamping jaw being shown opei'.

" "s a l ngitudinal vertical section .,ujure It;

Figure 3 is a plan view partly broken into horizontal section;

Figures 4-, 5 and 6 are transverse vertical sections taken on the lines i-l, 5 5, and

, the reciprocating mechanism thereunder;

Figure 9 is a fragmentary section taken onthe line 99 01": Figure 1, illustrating the means whereby the distance the core member reeiprocates is varied; and l Figure 10 is a detail section taken on the line l0-l0 of Figure 2, showing the semi universal connection of the rear end of the pushfingcr with the handle.

The comb member (Fig. 1) comprises a forwardly extending bifurcated channel member, the lateralflanges oil which are toothed to form combs 16 for holding the hair against movement longitudinally of the device, a neck portion 17 (Fig. 7) and a downwardly projecting bracket arm 18.

The heated core member 19, which contains a suitable electric heating coil 20 wit-11 in a longitudinal. bore 21, isdis iioscd between. the bifurcated POlflllOTlS oi? the comb member 15, the inner edgesot these portions projecting into lateral grooves 22 which oxtendalong the sides or the core member whereby the latter reciprocally supported upon the comb member. I! or lightness and cheapness oi maimtacture, the upper shoulders of the grooves 22 may be cut away if desired, leaving only projecting lugs 23, as shown in Fig. 1. The rear end of the core member carries an upstanding" block 24. of insulation, through which lead wires 25 may pass to the terminals of the heating coil 20. The bottom side/oi. the core member '19 is provided.with sl'iaced downwardly Cil Wires out of the way of the moving parts and. of the hair. The handle 33 for the comb member carries anobliquely disposed channel arm 34 constituting a lever pivoted at to the lower end oi the bracket-.arni18. The lever 34: is swung baclrwardly relatively to the bracket arm 18 by means ofaheavy leaf spring 86 (Fig. until the web oi the channel-member 8 lcontactsthe oblique end 37 of the bracket arm 18.

Theoperator rasps the-device by he handle 32, running the. fOi'leiOf the clan'iping member 27 beneath a flat strand of hair and th en pulls the handle toward the haudle 352 which swings the clamping member about its pivot 31 so that each of the tines enters the space between the core member and-its adjacent combl6or more correctly, the comb member and its associated core member are pulled down to thie i member-27. The t1 the hair tightl l' against the lateral side; the heated core member 9 and also to hold the heir securely '11 co o 16. Great-er convenience in operation device isobtain-ed by. the use of a. light ten sion spring 38 which serves to urge the clamp iii-g member-away from the comb member sothat it :will be nnnec-essaryffor the opera-tor to push the h andlesagartwhen put.- ting the device in position for another wave. The'meansavheroby the continued pull'ng together of the two handles will causethe core rnember 19 to he slid in the proper direction will'nent be described;

A pinion .39 is'rotatablv mounted upon the back plate portion 40 of thecomb memi ber 15 by means of a screw lit which passes through the'baek plate and is threaded into a lolool: 42 which fills the'interior'ot the channel shaped comb member just torwardly of the'neclr portion 17, thebloclr 42, being cut away to provide room for the pinion. The block 4-9. provided on its upper side spaced groove 4?, which exte l longially of the d ice and tangron ally of in at each side therco't. llilhin the slots lOllllQtllJ}" these ,rroovcs and the plate portion 4:0 o't'the conih mcmben are slidalily mounted rack bars ll ands. whichmesh with the pinion Bil-so that as'one oi the rack bars is" mored rearwardlv. the other is moved forwardly. The raclr bar i is s cured at. its forward id lo the insulation block 24th means of a screw fl-(i whereby rotation oi? the pinion 89 will elifect a sliding; of the core memhe 19.; As shown: in Fig ures 3-1 andfl, the flanges otthe comb member adjacent the neck portion are cut awo to provide roontriortlue rack l a wh ch e):- tend into lateral grooves 47 of a later dcscribcd cover plate 48. The grooves in the block- 42 andthe grooves 417' form continuous groores'to support the raclz'bars in their reciprocation.

The flaupgcs oi: the chei'uiel arm 34- are extended. at the upper end tlicrcol as a i'ork, within wliiih are disposed the pixlaposed ends oi? a pusher element 1 'llhc pivot. pin :70 which passes through the fork oi the channel aim and thr ugh the over 2:3 holcs in ends of the push-0' element ll) forms -univcrs l joint for the rear end therei light springs 51 serving: to bring the sides otthe pusher aligns F] t. The forwar: clement- 459 providedarith an arcuai'e bridge and the sides thereof are extended into do uwardl) pointing teeth 5-1 and The forward ends oi the rack lars {M- and 4:5 ar cut otf'obliqucl as at :i'xl" and to. to present upwardly and re: i'wai'dl; inclined the teeth and as the pusher is niovcdtowai'd the racks.

[is shown in liigure 4-. the web of the channel sl zPQt'l necltportion 1'? is arcuately conformed, also they bridge 52, so that the pusher element may be rotated around the arcuate surface of the bridge against the light. pressure of the springs 51 tcnding to hold l'ilrlll a normal horizontal position. llhenthepusheri clement ll). is held in its rearmost positioirby the strong leaf spring its teeth 54 and lie rcarwardly of but in horizontalalignment withthe rear. ta'cesfi l and 4f. ll hcirthc pusher element is in isuchposition, the core member 19 will either be-inrits forward or rearward position. Assuming it to be in areal-ward position asshown in Figure 3, when the operator haringalready brought the cla1npingz inember 27 into-position, continues to pulhthe handles 3295\nd. together, the pusher element 40 will be. moved forwardy, with the. resultv that. the tooth 55 will eug the inclined face 4:5 long; before the tooth 5-il will come adjacent the inclined face l-t of the other rack bar.. Because of? the resistance thehair loopsollerto the sliding of the cOremcmbcr, the tooth 55 will d g, down to the bottom of the ltlt'li litll to due to the caimned relation otthcso parts, rotating t-hc pusher element around the arcuate surface 01 the bridge 17, altcr which the continued forward movement of the pusher element 4-9 will push the rack lHll {1o forwardl v', carrying with it the core memb r 19. As the-rack bar 4-5 moves lorward v,.the pinion 39 will move the other rack bar l-il rearwardl v. \Vhcn the inclined :lace i-l of the; other rack bar comes adjacent the tooth 5 L oil? the pusher element, that tooth will have been elevated hv the rotation of .the pusher clement so that it will lie above the top side oi the rack bar i l and coiu lequently c'scapc engagement therewith.

After the core member 19 has been moved forwardly to draw out the hair loops in the characteristic flat Marcel wave, the 0p- 1 t tl e pusher t .into horizontal tlli erator allows the handlesto separate under the force of the leaf spring 36, wh' f. brings the pusher element 4:9 back to its or: position. The operator also eases up slightly on the clamping member 27 to allow the device to be moved outwardly along the strand of hair until itis in position for the reverse loop of the wave. The operator then renews the pressure on the clamping; member 27 and continues topull the handles together. Since the positioiji. oi the racks have now been reversed, the pusherelement ll) will first engage the rack bar 44 with the result that the tooth 54 will dig down along the inclined face 4:41;, rotating the pusher element 49 clockwise (,lliig. 4E) and moving the other tooth out of alignment with the rack bar 45,, As the handles are further brought together, the rack bar 44, will be moved ,iforwariiilly while the pinion 39 drives the rack bar 45 backwardlyto return the core member 19 to its rearward position. lhe operator then, allows the pusher eleinent to be withdrawn and to be brought to lmrizontalalignment by the springs 51., after which the device moved outwardly still furtheralong the strand. of hair to position it for the first loop of anotl'ieii' wave. a

The distance thehcated core member is reciprocated relative to the comb member determines the distance the hair loops are drawn out. Consequently, by varying the distance of this reciprocation, the length of the wave loops may be varied whereby the operator may produce either long or short Marcel waves. To make possible such an adjustment of the distance of reciprocation, Iprovide a square stop plate 56 secured to the top oi: the core nemberll) by means of a screw 57 threaded into themember and passing through a hole eccentric to the center of tl'iesquare plate 56. A spring lock washer Fif-ltends to hold the plate against rotation, but not so tightly but that it may be manually rotated to vary the distance lfi'Olll the screw 57 to the forward edge of the plate. As shown in Figures 1 and 9, the :torward edge otthe plate 56 abuts the rear edge of a bridge portion 59 which eonnects the free ends of the/combs 16. The operator thus may set the plate 56 in any one of its four positions to prm'ide a pro determined. length for the [ll/[arcel wave. 'l.he bridge 59 serves not only as a Fm-ward stop tor the coremember 19, but also prevents a spreading apart of thecombs 16 under messnre oi the clamping member 27; As shown in Figure 6, the bridge 59 is sufliciently elevated above the cross sectional contour of the core member to allow the latter to be withdrawn by removal 01' the screw 57 and the insulating block 24 when, for instance, the heatingieoil 20 is to be re newech a against the i a which Is preferably a (he nestling, serves eli'ectnally to nu'lard the hair from becoming; engaged in the racks or pinion, while the cover plate l8 keeps the hair from beconn ing entangled with the pusher element ill or the rear end ot the racks, the arcnate top portion oil? the cover plate servingto hold the brid o'lithe pusher element down ilate surface ot the neck; por" tion it" oi the comb member. The cover plate til is secured in place by means of a forwardly eatending lip (10, through which passes the pinion pivot screw 4i, and by spaced ears ("it lying adjacent the down wardly extending bracket arm 18 and riveted in place by the pivot pin 3i.

sides of the groove portions 2H, also pretterably mrtended through the aperture in the flanges oi the comb inembe' as indicated at (52 to further hold the cover plate in place (Fig; 3). i

Having thus dei'sc-ribed my invention, what 1 claim a I 1. In a hair waving; devict-rthe combii'iation of a heating]; iron, means on said iron for engag linir tl'iehair to cause it to move with the iron, u'ieansiliei: clamping the hair to hold portions of the hair against move ment with the iron comprisinga clamping member movable toward and away :[iromsaid iron, said iron being mounted tor longitudinal reciprocation relative to said clamping member, a handle for said member and a handle for said iron, actuation of the handles bringing said member toward said iron, an actuating ntien'iber engaging one oi. said handles and moved thereby longitudinally oi the iron after said clamping member has been moved into engagement with saidfiron, and amechanism interposed between said actuating men'iber and said iron for moving; said iron forwardly and bacl'zwardly alternately upon sl'iccessiveactuations ot the said handle.

.2. The combinationwith a hair \vavinp; device, a heatingiron, a meml'ier for clamp-v inn hair thereagainst, and a handle :l'or bringing said clamping; member against said iron oi. mechanism actuated by the handle for longitinlimilly reciprocating the iron relatively to the clamping member alter the hair is thus clanueed against the iron, said mechanism comprising; an. aetuatin element, apair otoppositely movirur actuated elements, one of which is secured to the iron, an actuating element (sonnected to the bandle and moved thereby in the direction. in which said elen'ients move and being normally positioned to engage both said actuated members, and means :tor causing said actuating element upon engaging one ofsaid members, to move out of position for engage ment with the otherelement,

In a hair waving device the combine llti tionot a heating iron, a hair clamping memben for-cooperation therewith, said member being-arranged tornmovement. toward, and

away from said ironvandsaid iron ,being an fiaranged. for reciprocation relatively to said member after saidiron-and clamping mem her have been brought-into co-operative relationship, manually engageable, portions for bringing said member andiiron together and for.reciprocating said. iron, and adjusable stop. meanstorva-rying the distance through Which said iron may v be thus reciprocated.

4E. Ahair- \vaving device comprising a base member, a hair clamping member arranged for movement towards saidhase, a hair engaging: iron ,reciprocably .mounted in. said base for producingWaves in the hair, manu.

thereon,- a clamping member co-operating there vitlnmeans for reciprocating the uron, i anlabutment onasaid-base member, and as polygol ail stop plate pivotally mounted eccentrically of its margins. andadaptedto engage isaidiabutment-for providing an ad justable limit for thereciprocation of said.

', 6;;Aha1r wavingv-devlce comprising a pa r of: co-operating hairclamping members ar' ranged for movement, toward each other, a

heating iron associated with said members 40 thereof, a-pain of handles securedvto said members for actuating tllBJDGDlhGIS and forv ,I'QGlPTOCEltlHg tlle lrOll, the handle on one of.

said memberscbeingpivotally mounted on that member for movement relatively thereto, yielding means normally holding said handle; and member in adelin-ite relative position, anactuating member connectedto said pivotally mounted handle, mechanism ac-' tuated by said element when said means yieldlfo'r reciprocating said iron, and means for adj'ustably limiting the distance thereof 'when said ironis thus reciprocated, saidlast mentioned means permitting said handle to return to said-normal position relatively to its. associated member.

7; The combination ina hair Waving device of clamping n'ieans, a heating iron ar ranged for reciprocation relative to said clam-ping means, manually engageable portions for reciprocating said iron, and mechanismior auton'iatically alternating the reciprocablemovement of said iron upon successive similar actuationsof said handles, s id {mechanism complfising an actuatin eleandarranged forreciprocation longitudinally ment moved by said handles, a pair of oppos tely reciprocating members, one ()lf vhich is connected to the iron, and means for causing said element upon successive movements to engage alternate members.

8.,T'he combination ina hair waving device of clai'nping means, a heating iron arranged for reciprocation relative to said clamping means, manually engagcable portions for reciprocating said, iron and mechanism i'or auton'mtically alternating the rcciprocable movement of said iron upon successive similar actuations of said handles, said mechanism comprising an actuating element, and a pair of oppositely moving members engaged thereby, saidelement being normally positioned to engage both said members and being actuated by the contact ofsaid element with one of said members for moving said element out of position for engagement withvthe other of said members.

9. The combination in a hair waving device of clamping means, a heating iron arranged, for reciprocation relative to said c vmping means, manually engage-able portions for reciprocating said iron and mechanism for aulionnitically alternating the re ciprocable movement of said iron upon successive similar actuations of said handles, said mechanism comprising an actuating element, a pair of actuated elements, movement of oneof said elements moving said iron forwardly and similar movement of the other member movingsaid iron rear- Wardly, said element being normally positioned for engagin both,said elements, and means for alternating the movement oi? said actuatingelement torengage the respective elements alternately upon successive movements of said handle;

10. Mechanism for alternately reciprocatingthe iron of a hair Waving device upon successive actuations of the device, comprisingan actuating elen'ient recipriyeated by a manually engageubleportionot the device, a pair oi oppositely moving members adapted to be engaged by said element, such engagement with one of the members moving the iron forwardly and engagement with the other of said members moving the iron rear \vardly, cooperating engaging cam faces on said element and on said members, said elcment being nori'uall v positioned tor engagingboth members, said cam laces being so disposed, that when said element engage-s one-oi", said n' e1'nbcrs it will be moved out of positionilor engagementwith the other of said elements.

ll. The combination with hair waving device comprising hair clamping means and an irongarrangedfor reciprocation relatively thereto, of mechanism, including an actuating handle for automatically reciprocating said iron, comprising a pair of spaced racks in engagement with a pinion onopposite sides thereof, an actuating element moved by said handle and adapted to engage each of said Jacks, and means for relatively shiltinp' said element and said racks upon successive movements of said elementfor causing said element to engage each rack alternately, one ct said racks being secured to said iron.

12 In a hair wa ving device the combination of fork-shaped base member, a clamp ing member for (lo-operating therewith to clamp the hair, a heating" iron reciprocably mounted on the tines oi said fork-shaped member, and a bridge connecting the outer end of said tines andpern'nttingthe W1thdrawal of said iron therebeneath, and a removable stop on said iron for abutting said bridge to hnnt the reciprocation of said lion.

13. The combination. in a hair marcelling device of a base member, a cien'iping 111cm ber pivoted thereto, an iron reeiprocable 011 said base member, handles on said mom: here for actuating the members, mechanism for reciprocating said iron, a joint in one of said handles for actuating said reciprocating mechanism, spring nieanstor urging said members apart, and spring means for urging said reciprocating means to a 11orinal position, said first mentioned spring means yielding before the said second mentioned spring" means when said handles are actuated, whereby said members are brought together before said iron is reciprocated.

In Witness wl'iereo'l, I hereunto subscribe my name this 8th day of April, 1924;.

CLIFFORD C. BRADBUTRY. 

